Sailors in a rowing boat retrieving a practice torpedo to a tender, with the monitor 'Marshal Ney' RMG PV3514, William Lionel Wyllie, 1916

Sailors in a rowing boat retrieving a practice torpedo to a tender, with the monitor 'marshal ney' these sketches largely show the recovery of a practice torpedo from the sea in 1916. The main one shows a small two-oared cutter pulling away from a practice torpedo after a line has been attached to it. In the background on the left is the torpedo recovery vessel, flying the flag that warns other shipping to keep clear of the danger area. The bottom outline sketch shows the torpedo being recovered by the bow davit of the tender. On the right is a rather poor representation of a monitor, possibly the 'marshal ney' (1915). As built, she had a twin 15-inch gun turret forward but her engines were unreliable and her steering unsatisfactory. (as a result the 15-inch armament was removed to another hull and in early 1916 replaced with a single 9. 2-inch mark viii 40-calibre gun forward and four six inch guns amidships. She was rearmed again in winter 1916-17 when the 9. 2 inch gun was removed and two more 6-inch guns fitted. ) after the war she became a training and accommodation hulk and was broken up at milford haven from october 1957. A further sketch at bottom right shows a naval four-oared cutter, but with no necessary connection to the torpedo-related ones. Date: 1916. Dimensions: 247 mm x 308 mm. Collection: Fine art.